Roofing-tile



B. L. BACOT.

ROOFING TILE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1920 7 1,391,603. PatentedSept. 20,1921. v

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES BYRON L. BACOT, OF MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI.

ROOFING-TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Application filed November 24, 1920. Serial No. 426,281.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON L. BACOT, a citizen of the United States, residin at McComb, in the county of Pike and tate of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roofing-Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to roofing tiles and has for its object to provide a very simple and inexpensive article of this kind so constructed as to permit a number of tiles to be easily and quickly assembled, and securely fastened in place on the roof.

The invention also has for its object to provide a fastening means whereby the tiles are held in place on the roof without being interlocked, and it is made possible to readily remove any one or more of the tiles without disturbing the others on the roof.

With the objects stated in view, the invention consists in a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

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Figure 1 is a plan view of several tiles in place on a roof; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the tile which is the subject matter of the present application for patent is denoted by the reference character 5, and as shown, it is rectangular in outline and corrugated or fluted to form ridges and depressions running from the top to the bottom.

On the under side of the tile 5, a short distance from the edge which is at the bottom when the tile is laid, are two laterally spaced lugs 6 which are adapted to seat against the upper edge of the roofing strip shown at 7, whereby the tile is held against downward displacement on the roof. Lateral displacement of the tile is prevented by nails or similar fasteners 8 driven into the roofing strip 7 in such a way as to seat alongside the lugs 6 at their outer side edges. The lugs 6 are somewhat hook-shaped in cross-section, the hook being at the side where the nail 8 is located, the latter being driven so that it engages the hook-like portion, whereby the tile is held against upward displacement or being lifted ofl? the roof,

such displacement being further guarded against by driving the nail 8 only part way into the strip 7 and at such a slant that the projecting portion of the nail extends transversely of the top edge of the lug. The tile is thus securely fastened down on the roof, but it can be easily removed when necessary, as the nails 8 can be withdrawn or bent back clear of the lugs 6, which leaves the tile free for removal. The fastening is very simple, durable and convenient, and the tile can be easily and cheaply manufactured.-

The under side of the tile 5 may be provided adjacent to one of its side edges with a rib 9 running from the top to the bottom,

, and a similar groove 10 in its top surface adjacent to the opposite side edge. lVhen the tiles are assembled, the rib of one tile seats in the groove of the adjacent tile in the row.

I claim:

1. A roofing tile having depending lugs on its under side, said lugs having the shape of laterally presentedhooks to provide nail seats at their side edges.

2. The combination with a roofing strip and a tile seating thereon, said tile having lugs on its under side seating against the upper edge of the roofing strip, and fasteners driven into the roofing strip alongside the lugs at an oblique angle to project across the top edges of the lugs.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

BYRON L. BAGOT. 

